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Latest News

  • Birds flock to farmland this winter in a million acre count

    Birds flock to farmland this winter in a million acre count

    An army of farmers, gamekeepers and land managers looking after nearly one million acres of farmland turned out in their droves this winter to count their birds in the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s second Big Farmland Bird Count, which ran between 7 – 15th February.

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  • Managing Shoots for the Future in North Yorkshire

    Managing Shoots for the Future in North Yorkshire

    The Game & Wildife Conservation Trust (GWCT) is to hold a special shoot management day at Ripley Castle, North Yorkshire on Saturday 9 May.

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  • International effort sheds light on Atlantic salmon decline

    International effort sheds light on Atlantic salmon decline

    An international conference jointly organised by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) and the French Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) in Wareham, Dorset this month marked the end of the three year collaborative EU Interreg funded MorFish (Monitoring for Migratory Fish) Project, which included the investigation of the dramatic 70 per cent decline of Atlantic salmon observed in recent years.

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  • Making a stand for pheasants at the CLA Game Fair at Harewood

    Making a stand for pheasants at the CLA Game Fair at Harewood

    Rearing smarter pheasants, woodcock satellite tracking and black grouse recovery will be among the fascinating research projects that will be featured on the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s stand at the CLA Game Fair at Harewood House, nr Leeds this year.

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  • Soldiers and wildlife to benefit from charity clay shoot

    Soldiers and wildlife to benefit from charity clay shoot

    This June, ABF The Soldiers’ Charity is teaming up with the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) to hold a two-day charity clay pigeon shoot on the Warter Estate, near Pocklington, North Yorkshire. ABF The Soldiers’ Charity is the Army’s national charity and the GWCT is the UK’s leading wildlife research charity.

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  • Magnificent setting for charity clay shoot in Hertfordshire

    Magnificent setting for charity clay shoot in Hertfordshire

    The UK's leading wildlife research charity is holding a flagship fundraising event at the Hatfield House Estate in Hertfordshire on Friday 22 May, by kind invitation of the Marquess of Salisbury.

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  • Golden time for Glenbervie pupils

    Golden time for Glenbervie pupils

    Pupils at Glenbervie Primary School near Stonehaven welcomed Perthshire author Katrina Candy to their classrooms earlier this month as part of World Book Day. Katrina read her second book Stag Munro’s Golden Encounter to the children on Thursday 5 March and introduced them to some of the characters from the book including a fox and some wading birds – courtesy of Perth Museum’s taxidermy department!

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  • Spring into 2015 with wildlife photography competition

    Spring into 2015 with wildlife photography competition

    As winter finally gives way to spring, Britain's leading wildlife research charity is encouraging amateur photographers to head outside and take a potentially prize-winning picture of the British countryside or wildlife.

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  • Hampshire Shoot Raffle winner announced

    Hampshire Shoot Raffle winner announced

    The Hampshire Shoot Raffle was drawn in the London Office on Friday 6th March.

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  • Some success for major moorland project

    Some success for major moorland project

    The Langholm Moor Demonstration Project, one of the most important projects in the British uplands, has published its seven-year review which outlines what progress this unique 10-year project has made to date against its key targets.

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